Americans Panic in Mexico City as Gunboat Brutus Sent
Washington reports describe widespread panic among foreigners in Mexico City despite claims of order. The Brutus is sent from Vera Cruz to Progreso to aid evacuees, with Des Moines already at Veracruz and Cleveland off Manzanillo. The Brazilian minister arranges departures for Americans abroad.
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Brutus
Vera Cruz
Washington
Navy
Progreso
Secretary of the Navy
Des Moines
Admiral Caperton
Roque Gonzales Garza
Bryan
Sweden
Mexico
United States
McManus
Johan Eklund
Obregon
Mexico City
Gustav Lundholm
Manzanillo
Cleveland
Oldfield Wins Auto Race at Venice Speedway
Barney Oldfield won the 81 1 mile Grand Prix at Venice speedway driving a Maxwell with no pit stop. His time 4 hours 24 minutes at an average of 67 mph. William Carlson finished half a minute behind in a duplicate Maxwell, with G B Rucksell in a Mercer third.
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Los Angeles
Cal
California
Barney Oldfield
Maxwell
Venice Speedway
Oldfield
William Carlson
G. BE. Ruckstell
Mercer
Kentucky Statute Declared Invalid by Supreme Court
Washington March 16 The U S Supreme Court set aside in Richmond Indiana the Kentucky statute convicting the American Seeding Machine company for violating state anti trust laws by combining with five others to raise seeding machine prices and selling them higher The court ruled the Kentucky statute invalid
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Washington
American Seeding Machine Company
Richmond
Ind
Kentucky
Supreme Court
French Casualties Reported High in Champagne Front
Berlin reports unofficial tallies saying more than 60,000 French soldiers killed since early February with about 25,009 buried along the five mile Front between Perthes and Hild in the Champagne region.
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Berlin
Perthes
Hild
Champagne
Italy pushes for Pola and Adriatic gains in war crisis
Vienna reports a clear push by Italy for territory from Austria including Pola naval base and the Trent and Trieste provinces as the war alliance negotiations unfold. Germany signals support to Italy while opposing British and French maritime power. Allies warn Italy faces no rewards without participation.
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Rome
Chiasso
Switzerland
Italy
Germany
Austria
Prince von Buelow
Albania
Mediterranean
Great Britain
France
Austria-Hungary
Adriatic Sea
Fiume
Pola
Trent
Trieste
Rockefeller halts burial plans for wife in New York
John D. Rockefeller and John D. Rockefeller Jr. delayed interment of his wife and mother at present, keeping the body at their Pecantico Hills home for several days. Sixty friends attended services while the family chose to wait. A Rockefller train collision in Milford, Virginia caused no injuries.
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New York
John PD. Rockefeller
John PD. Rockefeller, Jr
John D. Archbold
Sleepy Hollow
Rockefeller
Pecantico Hills
Milford
Rockefellers
Dead men on full list in Terre Haute election case
Indianapolis reports three witnesses in the Terre Haute election fraud case testified that dead men were placed on registration books last October. Ira Wellman Silas R Brewer and Joseph G Elder said they verified polls from registration books and found many registrations from vacant houses and outside precincts, with hundreds of names of men not found.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Terre Haute
Ira Wellman
Silas R. Brewer
Joseph G. Elder
Rublee Not Confirmed to Federal Trade Commission
George Rublee of Cornish New Hampshire was the sole one of the president’s five appointees not confirmed by the Senate before Congress adjourned.
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George Rublee
Cornish
N. H
Federal Trade Commission
Senate
Congress
Kilbane Defeats Williams In Six Round Feathery Classic
Johnny Kilbane, featherweight champion, outboxed and outlasted Kid Williams, bantamweight titleholder, in a furious six round contest in Philadelphia. Kilbane dominated from start to finish as Williams fought bravely.
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Philadelphia
Johnny Kilbane
Kid Williams
Kilbane
Austriaprepares to fight Rome amid frontier talks
Vienna says Emperor Francis Joseph held talks with General Ritter von Krobatin on defending the dual monarchy on the Italian frontier. In Vera Cruz General Carranza responds positively to Red Cross aid for Mexico City amid dire shortages. Tokyo reports a peaceful solution in sight for Japan China negotiations with no details released.
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Emperor Francis Joseph
Rome
Vienna
The
Messaggero
Francis Joseph
Ritter von Krobatin
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Carranza
American Red Cross
Mexico City
Tokyo
Japan
China
Foreign Office
Eleven Prisoners to Be Executed at State Penitentiary
Eleven inmates at the state penitentiary are to be electrocuted following the legislature’s failure to pass a bill abolishing capital punishment. Three executions are scheduled for this month.
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Little Rock
State Penitentiary
Yucatan Declares Independence Report Confirmed
New York March 17. Capt W. Jo Ryan of the Ward line auxiliary confirms Yucatan has declared independence from Mexico with about 40,000 men under arms as reported.
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New York
Yucatan
Mexico
W. Jo Ryan
Ward Line
Ug Auxilliar
Connecticut Breaks Starboard Shaft at Guantanamo
The battleship Connecticut broke her starboard tube shaft during entry into Guantanamo Bay Cuba on Sunday morning as reported by Admiral Fletcher. The incident occurred while the ship was in transit off Cuba.
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Washington
Connecticut
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Fletcher
Palmer Picked for Chief Justice of Court of Claims
Washington March 17 President Wilson selects former Representative A Mitchell Palmer of Pennsylvania to be chief justice of the United States Court of Claims to succeed Judge Charles B Howry.
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Will
Drummond Jones to Wed Miss Marie Busch in St Louis
Drummond Jones and Miss Marie Busch announced their engagement. Miss Busch is the daughter of A A Busch and granddaughter of the late Adolphus Busch, the brewer. The wedding is planned for March 17 in St Louis.
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Marie Busch
St. Louis
Protective Measure Dialogue Snapshot
O'Brien invites Flannigan to return home for supper while noting his wife cannot discipline both of them. Flannigan agrees that supper has passed, and that the wife will be furious.
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O'Brien
Flannigan
Balancing the Books of a Club Treasurer
A humorous ledger scene features a club treasurer claiming her accounts balance except for six dollars and seventy eight cents, prompting gentle banter about precise accounting and near perfection.
Sanitary Survey of Worth Highlights Water Quality Study
The sanitary investigation of navigable waters authorized in 1912 by Congress covers the Ohio river Potomac river and Atlantic Gulf coastal waters. It notes Ohio as water supply and sewage conduit while Potomac hosts tidal conditions and shellfish industries. Ocean waters supply water but receive sewage and shellfish beds are studied.
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Congress
Public Health Service
Ohio River
Potomac River
Atlantic
Gulf
Ohio
Potomac
Sanitary Survey Questions Highlight Public Health Interest
Excerpt from the Journal of the American Medical Association emphasizes that the questions in sanitary surveys are of great interest to public health, affecting communities directly and the nation as a whole.
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Journal of the American Medical Association
Fishing Banter Sparks Laugh Amid Quiet Riverfront
A fragmentary street exchange shows two locals joking about fish and weather as they pass by the river. The banter reveals lighthearted rural humor and a sense of community in the area.
Allies declare blockade of German ports but refrain from penalties
Washington notes from Britain and France state a blockade is established and enforced yet penalties are not applied. Neutrals may be seized only if carrying contraband and their goods may be returned or sequestrated depending on owner nationality. Secretary Bryan released the allied replies amid U S probing of a blockade method.
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Washington
State Department
Great Britain
France
United States
Germany
Bryan
Friend of Beachey Killed In Aerial Accident
Los Angeles reports aviator Frank Stites fell 200 feet at Universal City on Tuesday and died in hospital half an hour later. A close friend of Lincoln Beachey he had been despondent after Beachey’s San Francisco fatal fall and recently told a friend he had lost his nerve. He broke a leg and suffered internal injuries from the crash.
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Los Angeles
Frank Stites
Universal City
Stites
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
San Francisco
Carranza Abandons Progreso Blockade on U.S. Request
Washington reports General Carranza lifts the Progreso port blockade after U.S. representations. The Mexican gunboat Zara Gosa is recalled and two American ships carrying sisal for the United States resume sailing. Rear Admiral Caperton’s dispatches confirm relief while a new U.S. note warns of using the cruiser Des Moines if needed.
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Washington
Carranza
Progreso
United States
Zaragosa
Caperton
Des Moines
Judge Denies Thaw Motion in Conspiracy Case
Justice Page of the New York Supreme Court denied Thaw's lawyers' request to return him to New Hampshire, ruling the U.S. Supreme Court mandate no longer applicable after the conspiracy trial. The habeas corpus writ stayed Thaw's return, and he remained in custody until his Matteawan appearance before Justice Bijur.
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New York
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Page
Supreme Court
Harry K. Thaw
New Hampshire
John B. Stanchfield
Thaw
Matteawan
Wheel Burst Fatality at South Chicago Mill
A 25 foot fly wheel burst at Winon Steel's South Chicago plant's rain mill No 1 causing one death and several serious injuries to workers. Authorities say the blast sent debris over the area as crews assisted the injured and investigated the cause.
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Chicago
Winon Steel Company
American Bark Pass of Balmaha Wrecked Near Salt Island
Bremen reports the American bark Pass of Balmaha wrecked near Salt Island in the North Sea. The ship was en route from New York to Bremen carrying a cargo of cotton.
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Bremen
Balmaha
Salt Island
North Sea
New York
Train Jumped Track Kills Brakeman in Iowa
A Wa bashi freight train derailment near Strahn Iowa left brakeman D. McMahon dead and conductor J Parker and brakeman W H Holloway badly injured when two freight cars and the caboose left the rails.
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Strahn
D. McMahon
Gs. J. Parker
W. H., .Holloway
British Merchant Ships Suffer Heavy Loss in Early War
London reports up to March 10, 166 British merchant ships have been interned captured or destroyed since the war began, announced by Winston Churchill, first lord of the admiralty.
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London
Winston Churchill
The
Admiralty
Beachey Killed In San Francisco Aerial Crash
World famed aviator Lincoln Beachey died Sunday when the wings of his new monoplane collapsed during a vertical maneuver at the Panama-Pacific exposition. The craft plunged into San Francisco Bay, burying Beachey and the wreck in forty feet of mud. divers later recovered the body entangled in the wreckage. Beachey, born March 8, 1887 in San Francisco, left a father in Dayton Ohio and a mother in Morenci Michigan.
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Sanfrancisco
Lincoln Beachey
Beachey
San Francisco Bay
United States Army
Oregon
San Francisco
Dayton, O
Morenci, Mich
Fires Destroy Four Shops In Middlesboro Losses Hit 60000
Fire at Tamer's dry goods store in Middlesboro destroyed four business houses causing about 60000 in damage. Other notices report a Berlin death of Danish poet Thorlanga Neidmax Richter and a Chicago health bulletin with 874 weekly deaths led by pneumonia. A break in Aberdeen left a wife and a 16 year old girl murdered and Layland mine inquiries opened. Factory No 2 at Woodbury Shoe Co suffered a 200000 blaze.
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Middlesboro
Tamer
Berlin
Thorlanga Neidmax Richter
Ebeling
Chicago
Weekly Bulletin
Department of Health
Aberdeen
S. D
George W. Carlaw
Carlaw
Hinton
W. Va
Layland
New River
Pocahontas Coal Company
Bremen
Balmaha
Salt Island
North Sea
New York
Derry
N. H
Woodbury Shoe Co
Dresden Sunk by British Forces Off Juan Fernandez
The German cruiser Dresden was sunk after a five minute engagement with British ships Glasgow Orama and Kent off Juan Fernandez. The Dresden surrendered with a white flag as a magazine exploded causing flames and rapid destruction. crew were rescued, fifteen wounded were landed at Valparaiso, no British casualties.
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London
Admiralty
Dresden
Juan Fernandez Island
Glasgow
Orma
Kent
Valparaisc
Hill Heads Railway Lobby For Higher Passenger Fares
St Paul March 18 James J Hill will lead a railway lobby in the state legislature to seek increased passenger fares.
German Liner Macedonia Escapes With War Supplies
London reports a dispatch that the interned German liner Macedonia at Las Palmas broke confinement and sailed again with war supplies for German raiders.
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London
Macedonia
Las Falmas
Last of James Gang Dies in Chicago Quietly
James Burton known as Jim Burton and the last of the James boys gang died in Chicago at eighty. He had been a fugitive from justice for fifty years, living under that claimed identity. The obituary notes his long fugitive life and age.
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James Gang
Chicago
Record Exports Hit New Weekly High in New York
Exports of general merchandise from New York for the week ending March 13 totaled 40,896,636 dollars, the largest weekly amount ever recorded at the customs house.
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New York
Customs House
Major Quincy Fire Destroys Three Firms
A March 18 blaze in Quincy Illinois wiped out the Stationers Manufacturing company Dayton Dick Magneto company and the Dayton Hayton Pump company causing losses exceeding 300000 dollars.
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Quincy
Ill
Stationers’ Manufacturing Company
Dayton-Dick Magneto Company
Daton-Hayton Pump Company
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Red Cross
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von Hindenburg
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Field Marshal von Hindenburg
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